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Former president says "drama" being created to make changes in 18th Amendment.— Reuters/File

SANGHAR: Former president and co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari said on Saturday that he was not just fighting to safeguard the resources of Sindh, but of the entire country.

With the help of support from the Pakhtun, Baloch, Punjabis and Sindhis, the PPP would win this fight and would not let the country be divided further, he said.

Mr Zardari was speaking at a big rally in Tando Adam that was attended by PPP leaders, legislators, workers and supporters.

He pointed out that Pakistan came into existence through a peaceful political struggle and not through an armed campaign. “‘They’ didn’t create Pakistan, but our forefathers did,” he said.

“Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, who studied at the institution set up by my forefathers, created this country through a peaceful dialogue,” he said.

Former president says ‘drama’ being created to make changes in 18th Amendment

The rulers of the time couldn’t foil a plot hatched by the Hindus and the country was dismembered within 30 years of its creation, the former president said.

Apparently alluding to the corruption cases instituted against him and his sister Faryal Talpur, he said: “All this drama is being created to make changes in the 18th Amendment. But the PPP would resist all such moves.” He said that after usurping other institutions even the Civil Aviation Authority was being shifted to Islamabad, where new facilities and offices would be built for it. Huge expenses would be incurred and kickbacks would change hands. In the meantime, people in the organisation’s Karachi offices would be laid off.

He said that his party formulated several budgets and tried to serve the masses. When he was the president of the country, the salary of government workers was enhanced and their pension was also increased.

In his speech on the occasion, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said his province was being deprived of its constitutional rights by the federal government.

Sindh produced more natural gas than any other province, but now it was being deprived of its due share from the gas reserves, he said.

Similarly, the province generated more revenue than any other province, but here again it was not being provided its due share.

Mr Shah said that he had been fighting to safeguard the rights of Sindh’s people and would continue to do so.

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This man should relearn his history on how Pakistsn came to be! And the goals of Jinnah
that have yet to be fully realized. Then he might be able to move forward...

Gordon D. Walker

Canada

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haider shaikh

Feb 10, 2019 08:13am

PPP fighting to safeguard corruption. Not the country's resources. That would be the right statement

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Naeem

Feb 10, 2019 08:23am

Zardari is playing Sindh card again even though his party has done nothing for this province.

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My Comments

Feb 10, 2019 08:24am

I am starting to feel sorry for this fellow.

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Syed

Feb 10, 2019 08:24am

Any one understand what this guy is talking about.

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Shaukat

Feb 10, 2019 08:43am

look who is talking

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Tarik

Feb 10, 2019 09:14am

You are only fighting to save your skin but it is not going to work.

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PakAm

Feb 10, 2019 09:39am

Yes he is right. Since he is in possession of Pakistan's resources which he got through fake accounts and he wants the resources to be protected from NAB.

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Asif

Feb 10, 2019 09:43am

It is very strange that someone who looted the wealth of this country claims to protect resources. Perhaps for another chance.

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Reality Bites

Feb 10, 2019 10:03am

"PPP fighting to safeguard country’s resources: Zardari" for himself.

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Hissar

Feb 10, 2019 10:09am

Half of the stolen resources are in your foreign bank account, Mr.Zardari.

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Khan

Feb 10, 2019 10:29am

Joke of the day!

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Omar

Feb 10, 2019 10:32am

Is Zardari classified as “resources”.

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Dawn

Feb 10, 2019 10:47am

Mr Zardari you personally took care of most of the nation’s resources?

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Ali

Feb 10, 2019 10:54am

PPP wanting to safeguard Sindh's resources for Zardari.

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Morning Star

Feb 10, 2019 11:15am

He claims that Jinnah studied in institution established by his forefathers? Last I checked is that his family ran a cinema business. They must be running documentaries or e-learning classes via cinema business

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Javid

Feb 10, 2019 11:27am

News of the year.

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Swiss Neutral

Feb 10, 2019 11:28am

"PPP fighting to safeguard country’s resources: Zardari"

Does safeguard means looting?

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The Truth Spy

Feb 10, 2019 11:46am

you will not get your 10% anymore that's what you're looking for

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Nadeem

Feb 10, 2019 01:06pm

PPP fighting to safeguard Zardari's resources.

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gj

Feb 10, 2019 02:18pm

what a corrupt man and his family

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Amjad Durrani Engineer USA.

Feb 10, 2019 06:18pm

The realization becoming starkly clear that this time around, that being in a tight spot & having exhausted all other option to wiggle out, the only venue left for him is to use omnipresent Sind card.One clearly understands that despite assurances of the bigwigs of ruling party including PM that 18th Amendment is a non issue, why such rhetorics aiming at polluting the political environments, are coming out AZ & others at this time.

This is a well known fact that Sind govt. despite getting 2000 billion as its share from the Feds. every year, the Thari children are still dying due to malnutrition, people of Karachi & Hyderabad are lacking dependable public utilities, & interior Sind suffering due to lack of health facilities,employment & others, for no fault of Punjab or other federating units.

It is disgusting to note that after finally caught in the web of accountability, AZ while trying to save his own skin from,is inciting poor & straightforward people of Sind by using Sind card.

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Sameer Ansari

Feb 11, 2019 04:45am

How can anyone expect this guy to safeguard anything. I won't trust him to hold my shoes.